St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-08

" GA tereSting dur
ing the first two or three acts, after
which the monotony gets somewhat
dark, blue and severe. a kind father
must always be considerable husband,
and when at the age eff eight days the
child, between the hours of II and l
O'Clock midnight, announces with 10x12
oblong roar that it has the
poll-evil or horse collie the
father should steal softly from the
bed, toss the baby jocoSely up on his
right shoulder and stride majeStically
up and down the hall until the baby
chokes to death or adjourns TO coma
toSe condition. The father should, under
no circumstances, put on his shoes. for
he will be liable to awaken the mother
and give rise to an
UNPLEASANT DIALOGUE
that would crate more or less harshly on
the ears of the next door neighborS. My
experience has taught me that the most
satisfactory remedy to be given a child
when suffering from horse collie is a
tablespoonful of home-brewed soft soap.
administered at frequent intervals until
breathing ceases. l have great faith in
the curative properties of unadulterated
soft soap.
AT the age of one year every child
that is destined to become a thorough
bred American citizen will show signs
of the scratches. The disease is called
by physicians Of the old-sch0ol scarlet
rash, but the great mass of hOmoepa-
thic veterinarians that the medical
colleges have tossed off during the last
decade have become thoroughly ac-
quainted with this disease, and have
very appropriately named it scratches.
1t is not necessarily a fatal disease, but
is very aggrayating to the infant who
wears it, from the fact that it puts in its
appearance before the child'S finger
nails have become hardened to an eX-
tent that they can successfully combat
with the tOrmentor. The best remedy
Cor scratches that have ever read is
steel tOothed curry comb literally ap-
piled during the period of acute infiam-
nation. Care should be taken that the
teeth OF the curry comb are well hard
ened, otherwise they are liable to wear
OFF and become almost useless as
homeopathic antidote. l have never
known case of scratches where the
curry comb was literally applied that
it did not effect
A PERMANENT CURE.
Too much care cannot be exercised in
preparing the food for an infant during
the first two years of its life. The parents
period they are laying the fOunda-
ton for the future health of
the man or woman, whichever nature
has destined it to be. | have found let
tuce to be a splendid food for infants.
In selecting it, care should be taken
that it is perfectly fresh. When fed to
the child it should be pressed down the
throat. one leaf at time, with the index
finger. This is to prevent any POSSIBLE
ity of the leaf becoming entangled in
the eppiglotiS or largnyX of the infant,
thnFahN SING ctr1nOl1 n inn
cOmpos mentis. From peck to half
bushel of lettuce should be fed the
child three times day. | have found
this food, when administered in accord
ance with the above instructions, very
cooling to the child'S stomach, and in
fact it imparts pleasant sense of cool
ness to the whole system. besides Great
ing all appetite for the green things of
earth which will enable the parents a
year or two later to tighten their load of
corking care by allowing their offspring
to browse around the front yard while
they attend to household duties.
Probably the most exciting period in
the life Of child is when it is
CUTTING IT'S TEETH.
A period when indulgent husbands
are expected to sit around the house and
permit the baby to chew his finger,
while the mother sallies forth on the
busy thOrOughfares of the city to post
herself on the latest style of bonnets or
buSt!es. This is, indeed, an exciting
time of life to the father, who naturally
enough objects somewhat to feeding his
fingers to a baby, and he does it more as
a guarantee of good faith than for publi-
cation. According to Spalding'S base
base ball guide for 'S5 and SO, it takes
child from three weeks to a month to
cut good set of teeth. 1t can be done
in much less time than this, however,
have discovered. When you think the
child feels the necessity of a few teeth,
sound his gums carefully with small
tack-hammer and if they give back
sort of metallic ring it is time to take
decisive action. Procure middle
weight cold chisel and all ordinary car
penter's hammer. Place the sharp edge
of the cold chisel on the edge of
the gum and strike it staccato
blow with the hammer. Do this
until the entire gum acreage has
been covered then wash your hands
and go out in the country few days
until your wife is adjudged sane. Only
one treatment of this kind is necessary
before the teeth protrUde.
Too much outdoor exercise is not good
for young child. Many mothers think
IF they leave the baby out in the Or
Ehard under the trees during pleasant
days, the fresh ar ana SunllSht Will sort
of brace up the child's constitution.
This is a mistaken idea, for the invisible
parasites, known to the medical profess
sion as bacilli, floating continually
through the air, ARE liable to be breathed
by the unSuspecting infant, in which
case it almost invariably
DEVELOPS BOTS.
Nothing will run down a cbiidS Sys-
TEN so rapidly and destroy its cOnstitu-
ton so quickly as the real, genuine
orchard bot, and l have found it very
difficult to eradicate them from child'S
system when once they have gained a
good foothold. About the most effect
i've remedy that I have discovered is to
take pin, bend it in the form of a hook,
bait it with jones' Condition powders,
tie it to small, black linen
thread, and while the child is asleep
drop the hook down its throat. The
bots are very fond of condition powders,
and when you feel good strong bite
pull up the hook, and in nine cases out
Of ten you will catch q bot. Don't tie
The hook to anything larger than linen
thread, for the bot is very wary sort
Of n fish, and if he sees the line he'll
never bite.
There are many other valuable facts
IN connection with the rearing of chill
aren that my experience has taught ME,
but / haven't space to give them here.
( shall be happy however, to give them